Byodo-in is located in Uji (Kyoto) and is a registered World Heritage Site and a Place of Scenic Beauty. The temple hall provides important historical information about the aristocratic culture… Continue Reading

Daigo-ji is spread over a wide area that includes the top of Mt. Kasatori. The part of the temple at the top of the mountain is known as Upper (Kami)… Continue Reading

Tairyu-sanso was built as a villa for Kanetsune Ijuin (an architect, gardener and company president) in the former site of a sub-temple of Nanzen-ji from 1896 to 1899. It then… Continue Reading

Murin-an is a Japanese house and garden built between 1894-1898 by Aritomo Yamagata, an Elder Statesman, and advisor to the emperor, from the Meiji and Taisho Period. In 1941, the… Continue Reading

Joururi-ji is a temple of the school of Pure Land Buddhism with an historic Japanese garden located in Kizugawa, Kyoto Prefecture. It’s one of the few remaining examples of a… Continue Reading

Jiko-in was founded in 1663 by Sekishu Katagiri to pray for the happiness of his father’s departed soul.  Sekishu Katagiri was a feudal lord of the area who had received… Continue Reading

Tofuku-ji The Hojo is one of main buildings at Tofukuji Temple. Founded in 1235 and reconstructed in 1890.  The gardens are arranged at the four quarters around the building and… Continue Reading

Kōmyō-in is one of Tofuku-ji‘s sub-temples. Founded in 1391, during the Muromachi period by Kinzan Myosho. Above: In 1939, Mirei Shigemori laid out this splendid dry landscape garden in front… Continue Reading